On the Home front - taking action against waste at home
Household waste is a major problem with each household in Australia producing on average about a tonne of rubbish every year.
Fortunately there are things that we can all do about it. We call these the 3Rs -
reduce, reuse, recycle
Why is it important to recycle?
So that the world is not full of rubbish - Nancy
to improve the soil.
Paper in the in the worms soil box and they mulch it. and food scap as well - Nancy
As you can put it in your garderned. - Nancy
save our health - Dot
to save our enviornment - Dot
To improve the waterways and oceans - Rose
To reduce green gases - Paddy
What items can be recycled?
bottles
Plastic bottles - Nancy
Cans - Nancy
Jars - and paddy Nancy
Paper & card board boxs - Nancy
batteries - Dot
We recycle plastic bottles, cans and plastic bags. We sort the different coloured bottles into the recycle bin. _ Rose
We can recycle your washing water to the garden - Rose
water - Paddy
raw sewerage - Paddy
sump oil - Paddy
Let's make a list of ways we can change the amount of waste we make at home. Sometimes it can be too hard to start the whole recycling thing - it's a big world and we are only small. But if we start at HOME, then recycling, reusing and reducing can be something we all do.
Used my glass jars to make preserves and jams
Used glass jars to put oil that we used it the next day - Nancy
Used left over food in the glass jars and used next the day
used plastic bags as rubbish bags - Dot
to put imported papers in - Dot
Don't put plastic bottles in the sea - Rose
Washing machine hose pipe on to the lawn - Paddy
Use cold water wash - Paddy
SHARING our ideas is the first way to reuse & recycle!Add the ways you manage your waste at home to this page and maybe we can all help to make Coonabarabran the most efficient town in NSW!!!
Used less electricity - Nancy
have more clean up days - Dot
handed down my son clothes - Dot
We can use less electricity and less water too. Rose
Turn all power points off when going to bed -Paddy
Shreaded newspaper for insulation- Paddy
If you would like to explore more about reducing, resuing & recycling, then have a look at this fabulous website:Green pages Australia
Did you know that our Shire Council won a Local Government and Shires Associations Award for Waste Management? Check it out! LGSAplus Awards
Household waste is a major problem with each household in Australia producing on average about a tonne of rubbish every year.
Fortunately there are things that we can all do about it. We call these the 3Rs -
reduce, reuse, recycle
Why is it important to recycle?
What items can be recycled?
Let's make a list of ways we can change the amount of waste we make at home. Sometimes it can be too hard to start the whole recycling thing - it's a big world and we are only small. But if we start at HOME, then recycling, reusing and reducing can be something we all do.
Used my glass jars to make preserves and jamsSHARING our ideas is the first way to reuse & recycle! Add the ways you manage your waste at home to this page and maybe we can all help to make Coonabarabran the most efficient town in NSW!!!
If you would like to explore more about reducing, resuing & recycling, then have a look at this fabulous website:Green pages Australia
Did you know that our Shire Council won a Local Government and Shires Associations Award for Waste Management? Check it out! LGSAplus Awards
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